Listen to the Calypte soundtrack on Spotify
The full songs that make up the Calypte soundtrack have now been compiled on our needessentials Spotify channel for you to enjoy. We caught up with Torren Martyn for his perspective on creating film soundtracks, the sessions we didn’t see on screen and the surfboard model he and Simon Jones refined during the trip.
Torren from below - 📷 Inigo Grassett
Life at 5 knots 📷 Ishka Folkwell
Like all our films, the Calypte soundtrack was influenced by the locations we visited and experiences we had during the trip. Similar to the Lost Track Atlantic series of films, the songs that featured were complemented by Muz Paterson and Headland (Lennox Head musical collective) who composed original music in response to the footage. While we were travelling filming Lost Track Atlantic we were introduced to the beautiful Tuareg and Sahrawi sounds which blended so well into the story. But because we were out of range at sea a lot of the time on the Calypte voyage, its soundtrack came together more back home during production when we were diving into more of the South East Asian old school indi rock sounds. We wanted to paint a picture of the atmosphere, especially in the early parts of the film. Then as the journey rolls out the music becomes a lot more spacious and deeper I guess. I find music brings so much emotion and feeling and has the power to make you feel a certain way as much as the visuals do. So most often with music, we’re just looking to convey a feel or share the particular sounds that’ve connected us to a place.
Dropping the anchor after 6 weeks crossing the Malacca straight 📷 Kelly Foote
Torren laid back on his 'Fiji" by Simon Jones 📷 Ishka Folkwell
You must have had so many surf sessions during the Calypte journey that weren’t filmed?
Not always trying to capture all the surfs on film is part of the process that’s important and special to me. Not even half the trip was documented. There were times when Aiyana and I shared incredible waves that I don’t even know the names of - we'd be just sitting out there pinching ourselves and those waves are just engrained in my memory bank now. We set out on these journeys because we’re following a dream and wanting to challenge and enrich ourselves in, and out of the water. Surfing is that. The undocumented sessions for me were some of the most memorable. You know how the waves that are only captured in your mind are are often some of the best haha. The waves I only remember are often better than the ones that’ve been filmed – plus you get to kind of exaggerate a little in your mind and they get better by the year. But we also had friends join us during the journey and shared some incredible times and waves with them, and a few of these fortunately were documented. Like all our trips, there’s footage that’s archived that will eventually find a home.
Aiyana showing her style and grace 📷 Milo Inglis
A remote piece of reef in the Indonesian Archipelago 📷 Ishka Folkwell
Drawing new lines on the Calypte mode by Simon Jones 📷 Milo Inglis
The 5'8" Calypte by Simon Jones 📷 Milo Inglis
What’s next for you and your family?
More sailing for sure. Dave (Rastovitch) and I are getting into a boat project building a 30ft Polynesian-inspired catamaran for some South Pacific adventures. Aiyana and I also have her family heirloom the Dreadnaught, a 44-foot Hans Christian that she grew up on which is sitting in Guatemala. It’s a longer-term dream that this will potentially be a forever home once our baby Naia has got her feet. In another three to four years the vision is to sail her around the world back home the long way. In the short term, we’re heading back to Northern California with its beautiful Redwoods and North Pacific Ocean to introduce Naia to Aiyana’s family. By luck and coincidence, the cheapest fares back to the States were via Hawaii, so we’ve got a little stop-off there along the way. While we’re in the States we’ll link up with Kelly Foote who sailed with us from Malaysia to Northern Indonesia. Kelly was there during the early parts of the trip where the Calypte board had its most progressive evolution and has created a little film that elaborates on the process Simon Jones and I go through refining board designs.
Dreadnaught - a 44ft Hans Christian
255 degrees West South West